Allusion Exposed In Boyle's Greasy Lake
Greasy Lake
My intent is to share with you comparisons of what the author portrays his characters to be rather than who hey really are. Allusion played a significant role in how the author described a theme throughout this story where the characters thought of themselves as the epitome of being bad in the short story “Greasy Lake”(Boyle).
The allusion is one of the many ways the author developed his characters into bad guys. The opening paragraph of the story paints a picture wit the first sentence. There was a time when courtesy and winning ways went out of style when it was good to be bad when you cultivated decadence like the taste (Boyle 687). I used the literary term Allusion because of the underlining tone of the character’s true selves as you read further where only portrayed to be bad guys. The story spoke of how the characters drove great distances looking for something bad to get into. It was almost as if they needed something bad to happen so they could have a chance to insert themselves into the matter and come out the victorious. More of a vetting process to prove the extent of their bad nature. In a twist of the …show more content…
After this statement, the narrator revealed that the two minor characters in the story attended a prestigious college that their parents paid for. It is not common that bad guys are very interested in furthering their education nor is it normal that bad guy’s parent pays for the things they have no interest in. Also, the narrator tries to sell you on the fact the characters have excellent social skills, can dance well, and drive cars very fast while rolling joints identifiers of bad-natured people. These traits are commonly found in the person who does not consider themselves as bad. The author has done a magnificent job with the literary term allusion in the exposition of this
My intent is to share with you comparisons of what the author portrays his characters to be rather than who hey really are. Allusion played a significant role in how the author described a theme throughout this story where the characters thought of themselves as the epitome of being bad in the short story “Greasy Lake”(Boyle).
The allusion is one of the many ways the author developed his characters into bad guys. The opening paragraph of the story paints a picture wit the first sentence. There was a time when courtesy and winning ways went out of style when it was good to be bad when you cultivated decadence like the taste (Boyle 687). I used the literary term Allusion because of the underlining tone of the character’s true selves as you read further where only portrayed to be bad guys. The story spoke of how the characters drove great distances looking for something bad to get into. It was almost as if they needed something bad to happen so they could have a chance to insert themselves into the matter and come out the victorious. More of a vetting process to prove the extent of their bad nature. In a twist of the …show more content…
After this statement, the narrator revealed that the two minor characters in the story attended a prestigious college that their parents paid for. It is not common that bad guys are very interested in furthering their education nor is it normal that bad guy’s parent pays for the things they have no interest in. Also, the narrator tries to sell you on the fact the characters have excellent social skills, can dance well, and drive cars very fast while rolling joints identifiers of bad-natured people. These traits are commonly found in the person who does not consider themselves as bad. The author has done a magnificent job with the literary term allusion in the exposition of this